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davidrmoran
I myself see a big pullback coming in the next six months but I don’t know that I have ever been correct over 45 years. I will put a lot of money in if a 10% pullback comes. I expect you r being prudent depending on how old you are. The thing is, if you’re young, you might as well stick it out and not try to time. He said.
Who said FMSDX was a bond fund?
>> 2023 has been a dream for bond traders.
Well, not the ones at this fund, looks like. My point.
Equity holdings (as with so many funds) are heavy in MS, Google, Uber, and other rockers.
So gosh, I wonde…
A contrary view in enormous detail
https://apple.news/A0kaS2vXER3yTrYXxZm5LWA
or
https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2023/12/09/despite-strong-jobs-report-recession-still-locked-in/
Not that this thread is an organ recital (boomer geezer term for elderchat about health), but everyone who has had covid, old or not, should know that it seriously predisposes toward clotting problems.
Not always, not invariably, not invariably ma…
kerrist
and here's a view (correct imo) that political econ fretting is au fond a luxury these days
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/opinion/trump-fascism-2024-election.html
@Devo - Retirees who are drawing Social Security get annual increases in benefits equivalent to to inflation rate (CPI). That’s much better than my state pension which has no inflation adjustments
what state has constant pensions? from retirement d…
I sure hope this absolutely essential article is widely accessible
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?campaign_id=116&emc=edit_pk_20231128&first_send=0&instance_id=108789&nl=paul-krugman&…
I had to go to Google to know what IRMAA is. I guess it means if you are subject to the adjustment, you are more well-off than most people. Appears the government dole is structured so the money goes to the ones who most need it. Hard to argue with…
Which begs the question of who do you think is selling out and depositing their funds there? Bezos? Institutions? Small investors playing the FOMO game will be left w/o a chair when/if the music stops.
Huh? Who would not do this when spare cash can …
american family, I think it is, fka ameriprise, via costco
wait, maybe it's now called connect
v good, for many years (auto,home,umbrella), but thinking I shd get a quote from amica
also state farm
boy, are there a lot of comparison sites ou…
I don't argue against commentate anymore, as it denotes activity in context more specific than comment. As soon as we expanded commenter to commentator ....
never know what is going at your end, but no Fb hooks or buried cookies in the link
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/30/opinion/budget-deficit-federal-debt-mark-blyth-brown-university/
open yet another browser and use its private / incognito s…
as we approach default for real, it seems, here is a deficit reminder, a half-year later:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/30/opinion/budget-deficit-federal-debt-mark-blyth-brown-university/
yes, sir, sold, made maybe 5k
trying to hit singles as I get older, have puhlenty of losses prior from not doing that, many of which I still hold
trading qqq and vong seems easy (he said), sometimes, when news and conditions and data are good a…
